Basin-fitting.



No. 852,596. PATENTED MAY '7, 1907.

- D. J. BUTTBRFIBLD.-

BASIN FITTING.

APPLIIOATION FILED DEC. 26, 1906.

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I ATTORNEYS:

DURELL J. BUTTERFIELD, OF MARINE CITY, MICHIGAN.

BASIN-FITTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed December 26, 1906. Serial No. 349,476.

T at whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, DURELL J. BUTTER FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marine City, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Basin-Fitting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stationary wash basins and has for its object to provide improved means for moving the waste plug to 0 en position thereby to permit the discharge of the water in said basin.

A further object of the invention is to provide a washjgbasin having an operating member extending through the over flow of the basin and provided with a cam face adapted to engage and open the waste plug when said member is elevated.

A further object is to provide a pivoted waste plug having a lug or weighted projection depending from the bottom thereof and adapted to co-act with the cam on the operating member, said lug serving to assist in returning the plug to closed position when the operating member is raised.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and elficiency.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims. I

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a stationary wash basin constructed in accordance with my in vention and showing in dotted lines the waste plug in elevated position to permit the discharge of the water or other contents of the vessel. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the lower end of the operating lever. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the tubular member or collar detached. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of an operating lever illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The iiimproved operatingf'mechanism may be used iniconnection with different styles of washji stands=and similar liquid containing vessels and by way of illustration is shown applied to a stationary wash-stand of the ordinary construction in which 5 designates the bowl having a discharge opening 6 and provided with the usual over fiow duct, indicated at 7. Y Seated in the discharge opening 6 is a tubular member or sleeve 7 provided with a laterally extending flange 8, the latter being preferably counter sunk in the bowl 5 so as to present a smooth unobstructed surface. The

tubular member 7 is formed with an annular shoulder 9 constituting a seat for the pivoted waste plug 10, there being a gasket 11 resting on the shoulder 9 to prevent the escape of water from the basin when the plug is in closed position.

The plug is provided with a reduced extension 12 which is pivotally mounted at 13 between a pair of spaced laterally extending lugs 14 secured to or formed integral with the member 7 there being a weighted lug or projection 15 depending from the bottom of the plug 10 and extending within the member 7 as shown. As a means for moving the plug to open and closed position there is provided an operating lever 16 disposedwithin the over-flow duct 7 and preferably formed of a single piece of spring metal, one end of which is extended above the top of the basin and provided with a terminal finger piece or loop 17 while the opposite end thereof is provided with a terminal cam 18 adapted to engage the projection 15 for moving the plug to open position. The lower end of the metal forming the lever 16 is reduced and bent upon itself,- the end of the metal being sol.- dered, riveted or otherwise secured to the lever, as indicated at 19 to form a open loop, as shown.

When it is desired to discharge the water or other contents of the basin an upward pull is exerted on the finger piece 17 which causes the inclined face or cam 1.8 to engage the correspondingly inclined end of the projection 15 and thus causes the plug to be tilted upwardly on its pivotal axis 13 so as to permit the water in the basin to flow through the discharge opening into the waste pipe 20. When the water in the basin has been discharged the valve may be moved to closed position by depressing the finger piece 17, the weight of v the projection serving to assist in returning the plug to closed position and in engagement with its seat.

Attention is called to the fact that the interior walls of the tubular member 7 by engagement with the adjacent end of the cam 18 forms a stop for limiting the movement of the operating lever 16. It will also be observed that the tubular member or sleeve 7 extends entirely through the discharge opening for engagement with the waste pipe 20 thus forming a housing or closure and effectually preventing the water in the basin or bowl from escaping at the pivotal joint of the waste plugand flowing into the pipe 20 when the valve is in closed position.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings there is illustrated a modified form of the invention in which the cam 18 is molded or otherwise formed solid with the operating lever, the construction being otherwise similar to that shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided an extremely simple,inexpensive and efficient device admirably adaptedfor the attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is: 1. The combination with a wash basin having an over flow duct and provided with a discharge opening, of a pivoted waste plug normally closing the discharge opening, and an operating member slidably mounted within the over-flow duct and provided with a cam adapted to engage the plug for moving the same to open position.

2. The combination with a wash basin having an over-flow duct and provided with a discharge opening, of a pivoted waste plug 4 normally closing the discharge opening, and a flexible operating member slidably mounted within the over-flow duct and provided with a terminal cam adapted to engage the plug for moving the latter to open position.

3. The combination with a wash basin having an over-flow duct and provided with a discharge opening, of a pivoted waste plug normally closing the discharge opening and provided with a depending projection, and an operating member slidably mounted within the over flow duct and having one end thereof provided with a handle and its opposite end formed with a cam adapted to engage the projection for moving the plug to open position.

4. The combination with a wash basin having an over-flow duct and provided with a discharge opening, of a pivoted plug normally closing the discharge opening, and an operating lever slidably mounted Within the over-flow duct and having one end thereof bent upon itself to form a cam adapted to engage the plug for moving the latter to open position.

a terminal finger piece and the opposite end thereof bent to form a cam adapted to engage the projection for moving the valve to open position.

6. The combination with a wash basin having an over-flow duct and provided with a discharge opening, a pivoted waste plug normally closing said opening, and an operatinglever disposed within the over-flow duct and formed of a single piece of spring metal having one end thereof bent to form a finger loop and its opposite end bent upon itself to form an operating cam adapted to engage a projection on the plug for moving the latter to open position.

7. The combination with a wash basin having an over-flow duct and provided with a discharge opening, a tubular member seated in the discharge opening and provided with an annular shoulder forming a seat, a pivoted waste plug adapted to engage said seat and provided with a depending projection, and an operating member disposed within the over-flow duct and provided with a terminal cam adapted to engage the projection for unseating the plug, the longitudinal movement of the cam being limited by engagement with the interior walls of the tubular member.

8. The combination with a wash basin having an over-flow duct and provided with a discharge opening, of a tubular member seated in the discharge opening and having its upper end flared laterally and provided with an annular shoulder forming a seat, said member being provided with spaced lateral lugs, a waste plug having a reduced extension pivotally mounted between the lugs and adapted to engage the seat, said plug being provided with a depending weighted projection disposed centrally within the tubular member, and a flexible operating member slidably mounted within the over-flow duct and having one end thereof provided with a finger piece and its opposite end formed with a cam face adapted to engage the depending projection for unseating the plug.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DURELL J. BUTTERFIELD.

Witnesses:

J. A. WARD, T. A. WARD. 

